AACVPR

03/14/2026

Thank you for celebrating with us! 😁

AACVPR 🫁s you

03/13/2026

"The mission of Hackensack Meridian Health’s pulmonary rehabilitation program is to help its patients 'Breathe easier. Move stronger. Live better.' And that’s precisely the result 68‑year‑old Priscilla Durkin aims to achieve."

Wind down with the latest patient perspective on News & Views:

By Serena Agusto-Cox | News & Views The mission of Hackensack Meridian Health’s pulmonary rehabilitation program is to help its patients “Breathe easier. Move stronger. Live better.” And that’s precisely the result 68‑year‑old Priscilla Durkin aims to achieve. A Life of Breathing Challe...

03/13/2026

It's time to party for PR! 🥳

Thank you to all the pulmonary rehabilitation professionals and patients who support this critical practice. 🫁

Share with us how you celebrated by tagging us. 😊

03/12/2026

"One of the central challenges in prescribing exercise for the pulmonary rehabilitation population is that when breathing itself feels like strenuous work, any added demand — whether strength, mobility, or endurance training — can quickly become overwhelming."

Today in News & Views, Jacqueline Pierce, PT, CCS, CCRP, FAACVPR, and Ryan Arruda, MS, go over the benefits of chair exercises for pulmonary rehab patients.

Read more: https://newsandviews.aacvpr.org/Full-Article/your-patients-breath-your-patients-strength-chair-exercises-to-keep-them-moving-1

By Jacqueline Pierce, PT, CCS, CCRP, FAACVPR, and Ryan Arruda, MS One of the central challenges in prescribing exercise for the pulmonary rehabilitation population is that when breathing itself feels like strenuous work, any added demand — whether strength, mobility, or endurance training — can ...

03/12/2026

Happy from the AACVPR team! 🫁🩵

03/12/2026

We want to see your PR certificate! 🏅🫁

Celebrate with our "I'm a Proud AARC/AACVPR Pulmonary Rehab Certificant" graphic... and make sure to tag us! 😊

Learn more about the certificate: https://www.aacvpr.org/pulmonary-rehabilitation-certificate-about

03/11/2026

Today on News & Views, University of Vermont Medical Center's Elie Donath, MD, MPH, discusses wearable health technology and how it is impacting pulmonary rehab. 🫁⌚

Learn more in this article:

By Elie Donath, MD, MPH If you work in pulmonary rehabilitation, you’ve probably noticed it already: more and more patients are showing up wearing some kind of device on their wrist, finger, or chest. Some may be enthusiastic about it or some may be skeptical; but, often, they’re wondering wheth...

03/11/2026

Today's theme is advocacy! 📣🫁

As Todd Brown, MD, MSPH, FACC, FAHA, MAACVPR, told the briefing session, the big legislative win for ICR/CR/PR does not signal the end of advocacy work, but the beginning. Continue the cause for more accessible patient access. 🤝

Also, check out this article's recap of Day on the Hill's opening breakfast: https://newsandviews.aacvpr.org/Full-Article/2026-day-on-the-hill-aacvpr-members-build-on-legislative-momentum-1

03/10/2026

To celebrate today, News & Views has compiled all the latest pulmonary rehab findings from the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention! 🫁

Check out this research roundup:

The Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation & Prevention is the go-to resource for what’s new in the discipline — and it’s all at AACVPR members’ fingertips. To help celebrate PR WEEK 2026, News & Views has curated a list of recommended reading for the pulmonary rehab (PR) community pulled...

03/10/2026

Celebrate today with AACVPR's special deals on educational offerings! Use code PRWEEK26 to take 15% off your Staff Competencies purchase from now until Sunday, March 15. 🫁

Plus, this PR Week, members and non-members can access the 40th AACVPR Annual Meeting recording of the session "Pulmonary Rehabilitation: 2025 The Year in Review" for free! Use code PRWEEK26FREE anytime from now until Sunday, March 15.

🧑‍🎓: https://www.aacvpr.org/Learning-Center

03/09/2026

Happy from the 41st AACVPR Annual Meeting chair Karen Edwards, MS, RCEP, RRT, FAACVPR! 🫁🥳